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,Green Carn'Gutter.

" No. 235,253. Patented Dec. 7,1880.

ITM-LIT WITNEEEEE? INVEN-VIIIFQ? MPEI'ERS. PHOT0-LH HOGRAFHER.WASHINGTON. D cA UNITED STATES IPATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. KANNE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GREEN-CORN CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,253, dated December'7, 1880.

Application led October 6,1880.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. KANNE, of the city of Baltimore and Stateof Maryland, have invented an Improved Device for Removing Green Cornfrom the Cob, of which the following is a specification 5 and I dohereby declare that in the same is contained a full, clear, and exactdescription of my said invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to construct a device whereby thekernels of green corn may be sliced from the cob without unnecessarywaste of the edible parts; and the said invention consists in a peculiarconstruction and arrangement of the several parts of the device, as willhereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of my said invention which follows referenceis made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and inwhich-f Figure I is a sectional view of the invention, showing the sameas secured to a table. Fig. II is a top view of the device. Fig. III isan exterior side view of the same. Fig. IV is a transverse section ofFig. 1. Fig. V is a top view of a part of the invention, on an enlargedscale, and Fig. VI an edge view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A is a block having a hollow semi-cylindrical upper surface of adiameter slightly greater than that of the largest ear of corn usuallymet with.

B is a knife having a hollow circular edge of a less diametrerethan thegroove of the block A, the said edge terminating at either side in thepoints a, extending beyond the body of the knife. The knife is securedin an angular position in the block A, with its sharpened edgeconcentric with the hollow surface of the block and the points aexposed.

The construction of the knife and its arrangement with reference to thehollow surface of the block, as described, admit of a (No model.)

uniforml thickness of cut, and prevent the total destruction of thekernels at the edges ofthe same. The knife is held in place by means ofits lateral extensions a and the hinged buttons b, which are turnedoutwardly and from over the said extensions when it is necessary toremove the knife to be sharpcned.

C is an opening extending entirely7 through the block A, through whichthe kernels of corn fall when severed from the cob. The block is securedto a table having an aperture therein immediately below the opening C inthe block, and a bucket or other suitable receptacle for the corn isplaced beneath the table to receive the corn, as shown in the drawlugs.

The ears of corn are forced along the hollow block, and in passing overthe knife the kernels are stripped from about one-third of itscircumference. The inward projection of the knife beyond the concavesurface otl the block is about equal to the average depth of kernels ofcorn, consequently very little or none of the cob is removed with thekernels.

1n order to protect the hands of the operator from injury from thepoints a of the knife B, the ear of corn is propelled by means of ahandle, D, havinga pointed blade, c, which is inserted in the cob, asshown.

I am aware that a block having a grooved upper surface on which issecured a curved knife is not new, and such a device I do not claim; but

What I claim isln combination with the block A, having a grooved uppersurface, and the opening C, the knife B, the said knife having the sideextension, a', and a hollow edge terminating in the points a, whichproject beyond the said side extension and within the said groove,substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

WILLIAM H. KANNE. Witnesses:

JNO. T. MADDox, WM. T. HOWARD.

